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HIV Needle scare is a hoax
A
scare raising email warning of needles with HIV virus on them, hidden in public
seating is a scam. It is not connected to the Australian Red Cross Blood
Service as claimed and the email should not be passed on unless the fact that it
is a scam and nonsense.
VillagePRESS
contacted the Australian Red Cross Blood Service for authentication and received
the following reply:
The original hoax message read -----
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Subject: HIV - Please read
A few weeks ago in a movie theatre in Melbourne a person sat on something
that was poking out of one of the seats. When she got up to see what it was
she found a needle sticking out of
the seat with a note attached saying "You have just been infected by HIV".
The Disease control Centre in Melbourne reports many similar incidents have
occurred in many other Australian cities recently.
All tested needles are HIV Positive.
The Centre also reports that needles have been found in the cash dispensers
in ATMs.
We ask everyone to use extreme caution when faced with this kind of
situation. All public chairs/seats should be inspected with vigilance and
caution before use. 17 people have been tested positive in the Western
Suburbs alone in the last 2 months!!!
A careful visual inspection should be
enough.
In addition they ask that each of you
pass this message along to all members of your family and your friends of
the potential danger. We all have to be careful at public places! This is
very important.
Just think about saving a life of someone even you don't know by forwarding
this message. Please, take a few seconds of your time to pass it along.
Australian Red Cross Blood Service
Ph: (08) 94212877 Fax: (08) 94212366
E-mail:
rbates@arcbs.redcross.org.au |
Anyone receiving email similar to this is
asked to email
345editor@villagepress.co.nz
but please REMOVE the 345 (added to counteract spamming rogue search engines.)
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